Artist Statement
Since the late 1970s, my paintings have been expressionistic in technique while reliant on form and symbolism inspired by C. G. Jung’s studies of alchemical transformation as well as my own studies of Eastern Philosophy. My interest in quantum physics has broadened my work to include inspiration from the mathematics that seeks to explain the energy forces that govern our physical world.
My visual work is an important part of the integration process of the technical and scientific information my left-brain consumes and which my right-brain imagines ways of expressing creatively as a tactile object to be further contemplated. Therefore, it is of deep intrinsic value to my own process of individuation, which others can view and experience in physical space. I'm not trying to put ideas into the painting. I'm wanting to discover and discern the idea that comes through the painting. It is as though a veil is lifted, even for a moment, and we see or feel or sense that which is beyond our reasoning and beyond ourselves.
“To unfold the human soul and lead it into receptivity of cosmic power and joy is the tremendous benefit derived from the non-objective masterpiece, so intensely useful and conceived from the primary essence of creation.” - Hilla Rebay in 1946, about Kandinsky
“The beauty of art is that it reflects that state of consciousness from where it comes. The original reason for all art is that it leads you back to the formless, the sacred, so it acts as a portal or an access point to the sacred so that when you see it you see your self. There is always more than what you see and that shines through the form. Ultimately, it is for you to become that work of art. Your whole life and your very being become transported so the formless shines through. Something emanates through the form that is not the form itself.” - Eckhart Tolle